How to deal with Git “Could not read” error

Question

I am getting this error in my git repository:

22:09:15 $ git status
# On branch master
error: Could not read 8124cc15c63be92d534e4cdfa33c38d54deee122
error:          


        

Answer 1

If none of the above steps work and you have local changes that you want to keep and have a remote repository in tact, this reset script works wonders.

If in addition you need to keep your stash, copy the following files over manually:

• .git/objects
• .git/refs/stash
• .git/logs/refs/stash